Sergai Lavrov is Russia’s experienced well respected, and savvy foreign minister.
Not part of Putin’s inner circle, but he’s close.
Ate Clinton’s and then Kerry’s lunches for them during the Obama era.
Won’t be eating Trump’s!
Lavrov is one of the most long living people on top of Russian politics. He was already a big diplomat aged 30 being the first secretary for the Soviets in UN in 1981 and by late 1980s he was a chief for department managing international organizations for the Soviets then became a UN representative and deputy foreign minister after Russia declared independence from USSR.
I believe he is mostly responsible for the fact that Russia managed to maintain most of the Soviet heavyweight in international relations in 1990s despite overall pathetic state of Yeltsyn regime.
Arguably one of the top diplomats living today.
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